EXCLUSIVE: Dave Bautista and his manufacturing firm Dogbone Leisure have signed with WME.
At the moment, Bautista is capturing The Wrecking Crew, a buddy cop motion comedy for Amazon MGM Studios, through which he stars reverse Jason Momoa. Written by Jonathan Tropper and directed by Ángel Manuel Soto, the movie is about an unlikely duo of half-brothers — one, an impulsive detective, and the opposite, a disciplined Navy SEAL— who’re drawn collectively by their father’s homicide in Hawaii, main them on a deadly journey to show a far-reaching conspiracy.
Upcoming on the distribution entrance is Paul W.S. Anderson’s Within the Misplaced Lands, a fantasy pic through which he stars reverse Milla Jovovich, which Vertical releases on February 28.
Bautista can also be presently set to star reverse Anne Hathaway in an untitled motion comedy that Tropper is scripting for Amazon MGM Studios and AGBO, on which we have been first to report. Moreover, he’s connected to the Zellner Brothers’ anticipated alien invasion comedy Alpha Gang, produced by and starring Cate Blanchett.
Bautista’s Dogbone is a full-service leisure firm, energetic throughout movie and tv, that’s targeted on producing action-packed tales with coronary heart, sensible comedies, and compelling dramas that promote significant dialog. Credit for the corporate so far embody My Spy: The Everlasting Metropolis for Amazon, The Killer’s Recreation for Lionsgate, and Within the Misplaced Lands.
Previously an expert wrestler for the WWE, Bautista broke out as an actor along with his transformative, comedic flip as Drax in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy franchise. Because the launch of the primary movie in 2014, he’s gone on to an completed performing profession, with roles in Spectre, Blade Runner 2049, Stuber, a pair of Dune and Avengers movies, Military of the Useless, Apple TV+’s See, My Spy and its sequel, Thor: Love and Thunder, Glass Onion, M. Night time Shyamalan’s Knock on the Cabin, and extra.
At the moment, Bautista will be seen starring reverse Pamela Anderson in The Final Showgirl, Gia Coppola’s Vegas drama launched final week by Roadside Points of interest. He continues to be represented by Kovert Artistic and legal professional Karl Austen of Jackoway Austen Tyerman.
